Necktie-holder.



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NEGK'IIE HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 1s, 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

0 a 0 m www ENFER@ STTE PATENT @FFEQE OLIVER C. DORNEY, OF ALLENTOWN,PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OLIVER C. DORNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNecktie-Hold ers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

It is well known to the wearers of cravats that diiiiculty isexperienced in holding` the cravat properly in place without its ridingup or sagging down below the collar button and various attempts havebeen made to provide devices to overcome these defects. With collars ofthe turnover type, the diliiculty is to hold the bow or knot of afourin-hand or bow tie from slipping down below the collar button so asto expose the latter, and it has been the common practice to draw theknot very tight to overcome this defect, with the result that a smallknot is formed which not only destroys the shape and appearance of thecravat, but has a tendency to injure the material thereof. With straightor standing collars, there is a tendency for the knot to work, bothupwardly and downwardly. With the ordinary four-in-hand cravat, whentied by the wearer, the knot has a tendency to slip downwardly unlessdrawn so tight that it destroys the appearance and tends to destroy thematerial of the tie, but when the knot is drawn tight to prevent itssagging, the tendency will be for the knot to creep upwardly above thecollar button.

lVith a knowledge of these conditions, my invention has for its primaryobject, simple and efficient devices for securely holding the tie in itsproper place at the front of a collar of any type, the parts being soconstructed and arranged that they may be cheaply and easilymanufactured and capable of being easily attached to and detached from acollar button as well as adjustable so as to accommodate themselves tothe particular length or thickness of the knot with which they areintended to be used. And the in vention also aims to generally improvedevices of this class and to render them more useful and commerciallydesirable.

With these and other objectsin view, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed May 18, 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, MMS.

Serial No. 698,330.

constructions, arrangements and combinan tions of the parts that l shallhereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of my invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the accompanying drawing by like referencecharacters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates a bar which ispreferably formed of metal and which is provided with angularly offsetends 2 and 3, the end 3 extending upwardly at its extremity and beingsecured, integrally or otherwise with a loop l which is substantially ofkey-hole shape, as best illustrated in Fig. 2 having a substantiallycircular opening 5 which communicates with a contracted opening 6 sothat the loop may be easily slipped over the head of a collar button andrest on the shank or stern thercof. lt will be seen that the loop 4 isdisposed at an angle to the bar l, which arrangement provides a devicewhich will conform to the angle formed between the neck and chest of theuser. The lower offset end 2 of the bar l is formed with a screwthreaded aperture 7 in which a threaded rod 8 works, said rod extending`longitudinally underneath and parallel to the main portion of the barand being provided at its upper end with a head 9, whereby to preventthe rod from being worked entirely out of the aperture 7. The rod S isformed at its lower end with an outwardly and upwardly turned hook l0designed to engage the cravat at the rear of the knot thereof, when acravat of the four-in-hand or similar type is used.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the operation of my improved necktie holding device will beapparent. In practical use, the loop 4t is slipped over the collarbutton, either in front of the collar or between the overlapped endsthereof or at the rear of both overlapped ends, as desired, and the barl is thus suspended from the collar button and projects downwardlyparallel to the shirt front, but slightly spaced therefrom.l rWhen theknot is formed, the Ahook 10 is engaged with the knot to prevent thelatter from sagging down. The rod 8 is adjustably connected to the barl, whieh bar forms a' backing for the knot, in` order that the hook 1 0may be shifted upwardly or downwardly, according to the thickness andlength of the. knot that vis formed.

While the accompanying drawing 1llus trates what I believe to be thepreferred embodiment of vmy invention, it is to be understood that `theinvention is not limited therey to, but that various changes may be madefin the construction, arrangement and .propo-rtions of the parts Withoutdeparting lfrom` the scope of the invention, as dened -in the*` appendedclaim.

What I claim is:- p

As a newjarticle'of manufacture, :the herein described necktie holder,consisting of a bar formed with offset ends, one of which is 'providedlwith'a screw threaded aperture eX- tending therethrough, a loop adaptedto be slipped over and be suspended from a collar button, the loop beingsecured to the opposite end of the bar and disposed at a'nfa'nglethereto,andva @threaded rod working through s'aid aperture and formed atits lower end with an upwardly facing hook.

In ltestimony whereof I hereunto affix Imy signature in `the presence oftwo Witnesses.

@LIVER C. DORNEY. Witnesses HENRY WV. MoHR, MIRIAM A. CLEWELL.

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